Massage apparatus.



E. R. TALLEY. I MASSAGE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6,1916.

Patented Jan. 16,1917.

EDWIN It. TALLEY, OF GRINNELL, IOWA.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 16, 1917.

Application filed May 6,1916. Serial No. 95,864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN R. TAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grinnell, in the county of Poweshiek and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Massage Apparatus; and Ido hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exactdescriptlon of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in massageapparatus and it relates more particularly to that class of devices inwhich the circulation of blood and stimulation of the nerves and tissuesis accelerated by the action of a vacuum chamher and pump connectedtherewith.

To this end and to such others as the invention may pertain, the sameconsists in the novel construction of the device and in the peculiararrangement, combination and adaptation of parts, all as will be morefully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a device comprising myinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numeral, 1designates the handle of a pump 2, the bottom of which is provided witha constricted opening 9, said handle being attached to the upper end ofthe piston stem 3, said handle being in the form of a ring adapted toreceive the thumb of the operator. The pump cylinder 2 is of cylindricalform, of equal diameter throughout its entire length, and is provided atits upper end with a cap or cover 4. At its lower end said cylindercommunicates with a bell-shaped receptacle 5, the enlarged lower end ofwhich is provided with a rim 6, of soft rubber or other material adaptedto the purpose. Upon opposite sides of the chamber 5, wings 7 and 8 areprovided.

From the foregoing description, the operation of the device will bereadily understood. through the ring 1 at the upper end of the pistonand two of his fingers through the rings 7 and 8. The enlarged end ofthe bellshaped receptacle 5 is placed in contact with the part to bemassaged and the pump is operated by the thumb of the operator, thedevice being moved from point to point as desired.

It will be noted that, when the piston is drawn away from the duct 9, asuction will be produced when the cup is held tight against an objectand on the inner or return throw of the piston, air will be forced fromthe cylinder making a pressure pump, the alternate movements of the pumpbeing adapted to produce first a suction and then a pressure against thesurface to be massaged and tending to stimulate the circulation of theblood.

What I claim to be new is A cylindrical pump chamber provided at one ofits ends with an open bell or funnelshaped chamber, a piston within thechamber, the upper end of'the piston being provided with a ring toreceive the thumb of the operator, and the upper face of the bellshapedchamber being provided with openings to receive the fingers of theoperator, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

EDWIN R. TALLEY.

Witnesses H. G. LYMAN, EDITH W. KENDALL.

The operator passes his thumb

